You're reading: Justin Bieber tops Lady Gaga to rule Twitter

Teen heartthrob Justin Bieber with his hordes of fans known of Beliebers became the King of Twitter on Tuesday, topping fellow pop star Lady Gaga as the user with the most followers.

Data from TwitterCounter.com showed that the 18-year-old
Canadian singer jumped into the lead with 33.33 million
followers, topping Lady Gaga’s 33.32 million and ending her
two-and-a-half year rule of the microblogging site.

A spokesman from TwitterCounter.com said Lady Gaga has held
the top slot on Twitter since August 2010 when she overtook U.S.
pop star Britney Spears.

Bieber rose to fame as a baby-faced pop star singing love
songs such as “Baby” after being discovered on YouTube in 2008.

He has released two No. 1 albums in the past 18 months – the
holiday-themed “Under the Mistletoe” and “Believe.”

Bieber was named by Forbes magazine in 2012 as the
third-most powerful celebrity in the world and his huge
following on Twitter was cited as a reason why marketers need to
take notice of the 140-character micro-blogging site.

Lady Gaga has dropped to second in Twitter followed by
singer Katy Perry in third with 31.49 million followers then
Rihanna and Barack Obama with 26.17 million followers. Britney
Spears has slipped to sixth place.